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The students and teachers at Sungjin High School receive a terrifying shock when they witness the start of an alien invasion. Coming from the skies, horrific “eggs” hatch violent insect-like creatures that attack humans. The invasion is worldwide, and the South Korean military fears it will be overwhelmed. In desperation, the President announces that mandatory conscription will begin – and that all third-year high schoolers – male and female – must join the armed forces.

Soldiers arrive at Sungjin High School. And the third-years – who only have 50 days until they are supposed to sit their university entrance exams – must commence their military training in the school playground. They must learn how to shoot rifles, fight hand-to-hand, and navigate obstacle courses...in their school uniform! Putting the students through their paces will be the platoon leader Lee Choon Ho (Shin Hyun Soo). Meanwhile, the class teacher Park Eun Young (Im Se Mi) is determined to do what she can to keep her students out of harm’s way. Will the high schoolers help save the planet from doom?

This series was based on a web-based comic strip that was written by Ha Il Kwon and published between 2012 and 2013.

“Duty After School” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Sung Yong Il.

Duty After School

SBS, KOCOWA

Do Ki seals the end of the painful vengeance against his mother's killer, but the wounds remain. The whistling that reminds him of his mother's last moment still lingers around his ears. Ha Joon newly joins Rainbow Transport as a troublemaker taxi driver, and he holds Do Ki as his role model. Ha Joon accidentally finds a secret passage that leads to the underground maintenance room. What is this place for? How will Do Ki's vengeful journey for the victims unfold along with the precious people around him?

Taxi Driver 2

Despite his wild popularity, Han Joon Oh (Kim Young Dae) is a star plagued by an overwhelming inferiority complex. Constantly fighting his insecurities, Joon Oh struggles to maintain the facade he puts up for his fans, until he’s involved in a near fatal accident and wakes up to find he’s been possessed by the spirit of Do Ha, an ancient nobleman. Do Ha is hellbent on exacting revenge on his wife who is reincarnated as Kang Yeong Hwa (Pyo Ye Jin), the brave firefighter who rescued Joon Oh from the accident and now works as his bodyguard. Can Joon Oh find a way to rid himself of this vengeful spirit or will his past insecurities keep him trapped by Do Ha forever? Based on the webtoon by Hye Yoom, this 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Pyo Min Soo and Park Chan Yool.

Moon in the Day

🕓The awaited love❤️Team

Rembrary (Kim Min Kyu) is the high priest of an otherworldly cult. The cult worships a deity that connects the underworld with the mortal realm. But a bizarre set of circumstances sends Rembrary into modern South Korea – where he swaps “souls” with a young man named Woo Yeon Woo. The latter is a minor K-pop star – the “visual center” of a failing all-male group named Wild Animal. Rembrary knows nothing of modern life, particularly the world of K-pop. As such, he finds himself hopelessly out of his depth when trying to act, learn dance moves, perform onstage, and follow the strict diet of a K-pop icon.

All appears to be lost, but Woo Yeon Woo’s biggest fan, Kim Dal (Go Bo Gyeol) refuses to let his career implode. She steps in to become Wild Animal’s new manager...and slowly begins to reverse the group’s fate! But it soon turns out that Rembrary is not the only person who has moved from the spirit realm into the K-pop scene. Others have followed, too – including a powerful force of chaos. Can Rembrary and Kim Dal save the day?

“The Heavenly Idol” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Park So Yeon and Lee So Yoon.

The Heavenly Idol

The Heavenly Team

KBS, KOCOWA

A neuroscientist Shin Ha Ru with a special brain, a selfless detective Geum Myung Se with a kind brain, a law hypnosis investigator Seol So Jung with a timid brain, and Kim Mo Ran with a hyper-sexuality brain, will join the force and investigate criminal cases as a team. A neuroscience team has been established in order to deal with the increasing number of crimes related to brain disease, and Ha Ru joins them as a consultant. Coincidently, Myung Se and Ha Ru get involved in an ill-fated relationship, and brutal cooperation begins. What will happen during the all-too-human investigation full of madness and plot twists?

Brain Works

🐭Pinky & Brain Team🧠

As the beloved youngest daughter of a well-to-do family, Yoon Dan Oh (Shin Ye Eun) lived a charmed life. At least she did until the day fate dealt her with a rather cruel blow. No longer able to indulge in the carefree lifestyle of a cherished daughter, Dan Oh must do everything she can to help support her family.

The proprietors of Ihwawon Inn, Dan Oh, and her family warmly welcome those looking for a place to stay during their visit to Hanyang. As the majority of those traveling to the area are young men preparing to take the civil servant entrance exam necessary for becoming a ranking official, Ihwawon Inn is frequently visited by a large number of scholars. Among those scholars are Kang San (Ryeoun), Kim Shi Yeol (Kang Hoon), and Jeong Yoo Ha (Jung Gun Joo), three very different young men who each harbor a deep secret.

While the young scholars prepare for the exam they, along with Dan Oh, stumble upon bits of information that all seem to tie into a strange disappearance that happened thirteen years ago. Pooling their knowledge, will this unlikely quartet be able to solve this mystery or will they find themselves too distracted by the sudden and unexpected flutterings of their unruly hearts?

Full of delightfully heart-pounding moments, “The Secret Romantic Guesthouse” is a 2023 South Korean historical mystery romance drama directed by Kim Jung Min.

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

Joo Ran (Kim Tae Hee) is a woman who appears to live a charmed life. She has a seemingly perfect husband and a well-behaved, academically gifted son. She is very content with her life, and thinks that she does not want for anything. But everything starts to change for her – for the worse – when she notices a strange stench coming from her backyard. Over time, she begins to worry that the smell may be coming from a dead, decomposing body…

Her path crosses with that of Sang Eun (Lim Ji Yeon), a woman whose life has been filled with struggle and violence. She is the victim of domestic violence and longs to escape from her miserable daily existence. Over time, the women begin to find their destiny is bound together. Will they uncover the truth about the smell in Joo Ran’s garden? And will they be able to work together to learn the truth about Joo Ran’s seemingly perfect family life?

This drama was based on a novel of the same name by Kim Jin Yeong.

“Lies Hidden in My Garden” is a 2023 South Korea drama series that was directed by Jung Ji Hyun.

Lies Hidden in My Garden

🌿 The Earth Knows 🍁 Team

When she was a girl, Oh Young Sim (Song Ha Yoon) and Wang Kyung Tae (Donghae) were friends. But while Wang Kyung Tae was attracted to Oh Young Sim, she wasn’t so keen. Regardless, he was always around, making his affection for her known. Then, his family abruptly moved to the United States, and the duo lost contact with one another. Twenty years later, Oh Young Sim has become a TV producer who makes variety shows. Although she always tries her hardest to score a ratings hit, her TV shows almost invariably tank – and get canceled!

Oh Young Sim hopes to turn over a new leaf when she is given the opportunity to create a pilot for a new romance-themed entertainment show. She decides that she will do whatever it takes to make the show successful. Oh Young Sim wants to cast a hot, eligible bachelor in the show. As such, she decides upon a startup CEO named Mark Wang for the role. But when he arrives for the filming, she suddenly realizes that he is none other than Wang Kyung Tae – all grown up...and exceptionally handsome to boot! What will happen when these childhood friends must reunite after all these years? Does Wang Kyung Tae still feel the same way about Oh Young Sim?

This drama was based on a hit animated series and a comic named “Fourteen-year-old Youngsim.”

“Oh! Youngsim” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kim Eun Kyung and Oh Hwan Min.

Oh! Youngsim

❤️ Bittersweet Love 🖤

Life in a modern South Korean office can be eventful! Lee Jun (Yang Jun Mo) once hoped to become a top-billing pop star, but has turned his back on his dreams. Now this former idol star needs to enter the world of work. But without any experience, he is forced to take on a role as an intern at a cosmetics firm. Here he is reunited with someone from his past – a highly talented (but also highly flirtatious!) man named Choi Jun (Ki Hyun Woo).

Choi Jun has risen to the post of manager at the company, which means he is able to delegate work to the company’s long-suffering interns! The interns’ only ally is Lee Joo Ha (Yeoreum), an assistant manager who tries to shield them from managers’ ire! While the workload starts piling up for Lee Jun, so does the romantic tension between this former pop star and Choi Jun. And theirs is not the only possible office romance in the cards – as employees Simeon (Park Hyeong Seop) and Song Hyun Jae (Cho Chan Hyun) also start to feel the pull of love!

“Jun & Jun” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kim Eun Hye.

Jun & Jun

💛 Love in Jun² 💙

Mok Sol Hui (Kim So Hyun) can “hear” other people’s lies, no matter how hard they try to hide the truth. Her “superpower” has left her jaded and she considers everyone she meets to be morally bankrupt. That changes fast when she meets her new neighbor: the successful music producer and murder case suspect Kim Do Ha (Hwang Min Hyun). Sol Hee learns that her superpowers do not work on this mystery man... and unexpectedly starts to fall for him. Will she ever learn the deepest secrets of his heart? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Noh Young Sub and Nam Sung Woo.

My Lovely Liar

The Mythomaniacs

In the Joseon era (1392-1910), the young widow Jung Soon Deok (Cho Yi Hyun) has lived an eventful life. She married into a powerful family, but has since lost her husband. She lives a double life, going under an alias when she acts as a matchmaker, pairing up eligible bachelors with suitable brides. Shim Jung Woo (Rowoon), meanwhile, is the King’s unhappy son-in-law. His chagrin derives from the fact that his bride, the princess, died just moments after he tied the knot with her.

But while Shim Jung Woo is a very grumpy individual, he is also one of the smartest men in the land – and became the youngest person ever to pass the Civil Service Exam. This unlikely duo must team up to find husbands for a handful of important Joseon women whose age is starting to creep up. Their outlooks on life are very different, but they have no choice but to work together. Could playing Cupid for others put them back on the path to love?

“The Matchmakers” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Hwang Seung Gi and Kim Soo Jin.

The Matchmakers

The Fabulous Matchmakers

The world of social media can be a toxic one, especially when one is driven to appear perfect and happy at all times. For Song Jeong A (Jin Seo Yeon), Kim Na Young (Cha Ye Ryun), and Oh Yoo Jin (Park Hyo Joo), the need to appear perfect has driven them so far over the edge, that they’ve made it their mission to destroy each other’s happiness.

Despite being from completely different backgrounds, Jeong A, Na Young, and Yoo Jin are all affluent mothers who use their social media accounts to portray themselves and their families in a perfect light. Constantly trying to outdo each other, the three women will stop at nothing to ensure their picture-perfect happiness trumps that of the other two. But when one of the three warring mothers dies a sudden and mysterious death, the perfect lives of the surviving two come under severe scrutiny.

As the surviving mothers attempt to hide the truth behind their idealistic social posts, Jang Mi Ho (Lee El), a working-class mother who has always seen past the perfect exteriors of the warring mothers, is determined to reveal the truth. Going up against such powerful women, will Mi Ho be able to expose the lies the other mothers have tried so hard to hide?

Based on the novel of the same name by Joo Young Ha, “Battle for Happiness” is a thrilling 2023 South Korean mystery crime drama directed by Kim Yoon Cheol.&nbsp;

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